Thomas can't work out what goes on in the tiny minds of his toddler twin sisters. They sing all the time but never get the words right. They think cats enjoy being dressed up as fairies. But who else can Thomas turn to when they all get locked out of the house? Besides it's a brilliant idea to pop them through the cat-flap & tell them to look for the keys. Isn't it.. .? ...

Aria has struggled to build a life for herself outside Reverie. It hasn't be easy adjusting to life in the wilderness but the struggle has been worth it with Perry by her side. But Perry has other challenges. His people are looking to him for answers. Answers about what happened to his nephew & what's happening to their world. & they don't trust the privileged Aria one of the enemy in their midst. Soon Perry'll be forced to chose between the tribe that looks to him for leadership & the girl that looks to him for love. ...

Through the French Canals has probably tempted more people to explore the beautiful waterways of France than any other book. A bestseller for many years & now in its 12th edition it is the essential planning guide for anyone wanting to cruise through the stunning scenery of the French waterways or take their boat from the English Channel through to the Mediterranean via the inland route. Over 50 routes described & illustrated with positions of locks towns & villages Through routes from the English Channel & Atlantic to the Mediterranean plus distances Suitable boats for the canals &

Dimensions of locks & operating times Bridge heights canal depths fuelling points waterway signals Cost of living shopping & stores Weather information haltes & portes de plaisance Packed with appealing photographs & updated information on local facilities distances heights & depths tunnel lengths costs of cruising & shopping it also discusses the local wines of the region. A must for yachtsmen wishing to use the French inland waterway system...a fascinating read. Yachting Monthly The bible for those wishing to head for the Med. Gaffers Log

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Welcome to the world of designer & decorator Carolyn Westbrook. Carolyn is known for her love of French design & here she shares her romance with beautiful & inspiring interiors. Carolyns mantra is simply to create a home that reflects your spirit & here she invites us into her own home a 1800s plantation house. The decor changes regularly
- walls are given a dramatic facelift with a new colour furniture bought for her business becomes too precious to be sold on newly discovered accessories are layered in with existing treasures. Nothing stays the same for long & Through The French Door reveals the latest incarnation of this wonderful family home. Carolyn invites you to share her everyday life here from collecting still-warm eggs from her brood of chickens to picking sun-ripened tomatoes & basil from her garden for supper. Carolyn is known for her parties & this book captures the seasonal celebrations at The Plantation from the splendour of Christmas to summer parties. Carolyn also takes us on a tour of other homes she finds are truly French inspired. Roam through the halls of a city mansion or take a look at the simple sleek interior of a town house. See what true French country style looks like by peeking through the door of a log cabin dressed in French ticking & gorgeous velvets. Wherever & however you live Carolyn once again shows that her signature French style can be applied to any interior. Her sure hand guides you through the process of creating a wonderful home that is a reflection of you & teaches you how to pull together interior decorating schemes. With glorious photography & a range of homes Through the French Door is a celebration of Carolyn Westbrooks signature style
- timeless sophisticated comfortable & inspiring.

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Guy Deutscher is that rare beast an academic who talks good sense about linguistics...he argues in a playful & provocative way that our mother tongue does indeed affect how we think & just as important how we perceive the world
- Observer". Does language reflect the culture of a society? Is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world? Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? In " Through the Language Glass" acclaimed author Guy Deutscher will convince you that contrary to the fashionable academic consensus of today the answer to all these questions is
- yes. A delightful amalgam of cultural history & popular science this book explores some of the most fascinating & controversial questions about language culture & the human mind."

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Alice is back in her room stroking her cats
- but not for long. Slipping through the Looking-Glass she meets another wild collection
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This is a new edition of master illustrator Anthony Brownes first book full of visual surprises. Toby is fed up. Fed up with books fed up with toys fed up with everything. But when he walks through the magic mirror things are amazingly different. Toby can hardly believe his eyes! Anthony Brownes first book is full of the surreal details & visual humour that have made him one of the worlds most popular & acclaimed picture book artists. ...

Through the Narrow Gate is Karen Armstrongs memoir of life inside a Catholic convent in the 1960s. With gentleness & honesty Armstrong takes her readers on a revelatory journey that begins with her decision at the age of seventeen to devote her life to God as a nun. yet once she embarked upon her spiritual training she encountered a frightening & oppressive world fossilized by tradition which moulded isolated & pushed her to the limit of what she could endure. ...

Two years of war have taken a terrible toll on Pearl Street Liverpool. German bombs have reduced some houses to rubble & most of the inhabitants have lost friends & family. While sisters Eileen & Sheila share the anxious burden of absent husbands the conflict for others brings excitement & freedom. Kitty Quigley stuck at home for years with an invalid father is forced to register for war work & is delighted to become an auxiliary nurse. & Jessica Fleming struggling to earn a living finds herself & friend Rita increasingly drawn to the glamour & excitement of the Yanks. ...

In these seventeen essays (and one short story) the 2011 Man Booker Prize winner examines British French & American writers who have meant most to him as well as the cross-currents & overlappings of their different cultures. From the deceptiveness of Penelope Fitzgerald to the directness of Hemingway from Kipling's view of France to the French view of Kipling from the many translations of Madame Bovary to the fabulations of Ford Madox Ford from the National Treasure Status of George Orwell to the despair of Michel Houellebecq Julian Barnes considers what fiction is & what it can do. As he writes in his preface ' Novels tell us the most truth about life: what it is how we live it what it might be for how we enjoy & value it & how we lose it.' When his Letters from London" came out in 1995 the " Financial Times" called him "our best essayist". This wise & deft collection confirms that judgment." ...